Collar.



Faun n. NAEGELI, or nUa'roN, TEXAS.

COLLAR.

Specification. of Letters Patent.

Fatented Feb. 19, 1918.

Application led January 24, 1917. Serial No. 144,282.

To all whom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that I, FRED E. NAEGEIJ, a citizen of the United States, residing at Burton, in the county of Washington and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collars, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved collar and the principal obj ect of the invention is to provide a collar having an improved type of tie supporting strip so connected with the outer fold of the collar that the collar used may be of a conventional type and further to so form this tie supporting strip and so connect the strip with the outer fold of the collar that in case the strip should be torn loose, the collar will not be rendered useless.

It has been customary to provide collars havinv tie supporting folds formed or attachedI as integral parts of the collar fold and turned inwardly into the space between the inner and` outer folds of the collars but this has been found objectionable in that a special blank must be formed to construct the collar and further 'if the supporting strip should he torn loose from the collar, the fold would be left with a raw edge and would be rendered useless.

This improved collar is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a plan view of a turn-down collar folded out iat and showing the tie supporting strip connected with the outer fold of the collar,

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view through the improved collar.

This supporting strip will be used in connection with a conventional form of turndown collar, with an inner fold 10 and an outer fold 11', the inner fold being provided with the button-holes 12 and 13 and covering tab 14 which tab will be connected with'the central portion of the inner fold and extend across the button-hole. The tie supporting strip 15 is formed separate from the collar and extends longitudinally of the outer fold as shown in Fig. 1. This strip is which collar will be providedv carrying a button placed against theinner face of the outer fold and will be secured at its lower edge to the inner fold, with the lower edge of the supporting strip terminating short of the lower edge of the outer fold, thus preventing danger of this supporting strip showing beneath the fold and further preventing the outer fold of the collar from being torn in case the supporting strip should be ripped loose. From an inspection of Fig. 2, it will be readily seen that if the supporting strip should be torn loose from the outer fold, the outer fold would not be torn and therefore the outer fold would not have a ragged edge. vTherefore the collar would not be rendered useless.

When in use, the neck-tie 16 will be placed between the supporting strip and the outer fold of the collar and the collar will then be put in place and buttoned in the usual manner. The neck-tie will be held in place and prevented from slipping beneath the collar. I have thusprovided a collar having an improved supporting strip so connected with the outer fold that the tie may be supported and prevented from slipping out of place. I. have further provided a supporting strip so connected with the outer fold that the collar will not be damaged and rendered useless as would be the case if the supporting strip were secured at the edge of the outer fold and turned in to extend between the inner and outer folds. f

A collar having inner and outer folds, and a tie supporting strip formed separate from the collar and extending longitudinally upon the inner face of the outer fold, the strip having its outer longitudinal edge portion connected with the outer fold and terminating short of the outer longitudinal .edge of the outer fold of the collar.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRED n. NAEGELiS.

Witnesses I l Or'ro EICHLER, I-I. E. SIEPEL. 

